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Dr. Gavriel Salvendy

University Distinguished Professor

Department: Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
Email: salvendy@purdue.edu
Phone: 407-823-2204
Office: Engineering II (bldg. 91) 312
Website: http://www.iems.ucf.edu/salvendy/
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Research Interests: The Human Aspects of Design, Operation, and Management of Advanced Engineering Systems

  • Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Sciences Honorary Doctorate
  • Ph.D. University of Birmingham, England Industrial Psychology, Department of Engineering Production
  • M.S. University of Birmingham, England Industrial Psychology, Department of Engineering Production
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  • University Distinguished Professor
faculty
  • Professor Emeritus School of Industrial Engineering Purdue University
advisor
editorial
  • Founding Editor, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, 1989- present
  • Founding Editor, International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction, 1988-present
leadership
  • Founding President, Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida
  • Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

  • Salvendy, G. (Editor) (2012). Handbook of human factors and ergonomics, (4th edition), John Wiley & Sons, 1732 pages. Translated and published in Japanese by Dobun Shoin and in Russian by Mir Publishers.

  • Salvendy, G. (Editor) (2001). Handbook of industrial engineering: technology and operations management, (3rd edition), John Wiley & Sons, 2796 pages. Translated and published in Chinese by Tsinghua Press, in Japanese by Japan Management Association and in Spanish by Editorial Limusa.

  • Lin, H. X., Choong, Y. Y., & Salvendy, G. (1997). A proposed index of usability: a method for comparing the relative usability of different software systems. Behaviour & information technology, 16(4-5), 267-277.

  • Hwang, W. and Salvendy, G (2010). Number of People Required for Usability Evaluation Based on 27 Studies: The 10±2 Rule. Communications of the ACM. 53(5), 130 -133.

  • Savoy, A., Proctor, R. W., & Salvendy, G. (2009). Information retention from PowerPoint™ and traditional lectures. Computers and Education, 52, 858-867.